Whip-holder.



A. L. L. NEUMANN.

WHIP HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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i if 6 y@ ADAM L. L; NEUMANN', or OCCIDENTAL, CALIFORNIA.

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i Specicaioii` of Letters Patent.

Patenten Feb. 2e, i916.

Appiieamn mea reiiruary a4', i915.v seriai No. 10,374.

To, all. whom t may concern x Be it known that MANN, acitizen of sidingat Occidental, in the county of lSonoma, State of California, have invented certain new land useful Improvements in Whip-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas'will enable others skilled in the art to which `it appertains to make and use the same.

' novel and useful improvements holders, and has particular applicationto a v in such position by The present invention relates 'to certain device pf this class wherein a whip socket is 4provided vices which are adapted to lock the whip in the socket. 5

In carrying out my invention I propose to provide a whip socketequippedwith certain whip engaging and holding .devices which, when the butt end of the serted in the socket, are adapted to vclamp and hold the same until such devices are moved to whip releasing position by the employment of a key manually operated by the driver or other person. Y

Still a further object of my invention is the provision of a whip holder wherein the whip engaging and locking devices are concealed within the whip socket, and such devices can only be operated through the medium of akey so that the removal of the whip from the socket by unauthorized persons, or the accidental loss ofthe same by falling out of the socket is prevented. 4 I also propose to provide a .whip holding device having a swinging jaw normally held wedge, that such j aw, while permitting the entrance of the blunt end ofthe whip to' the socket, will prevent the withdrawal of such 5^ Y llongitudinally extending inwardly inclined ranges 7 7,

end therefrom until the jaw 'is moved away from the butt of akey. Furthermore, I propose to provide a whip holder which 4will embody the desired fea.- tures of simplicity,eiciency, reliability and convenience, and embodying as relatively: few parts, may be manufactured angV marketed at a comparatively lowcost.

L ith consists in theconstruction, combination an f arrangement of parts I, ADAM L. L. NEU- y the United States, re.-

in whip with certain .whip engagingjde-- while C designates whip has been in thewhip by the operation of the wedge when'v the latter is sbftedby 4 it does butA with the adjacent rportion o the above recited objects` and others of a similar vnature in view,-my :invention d erably' located substantially diametrically y' set forthin and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 l is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewtaken through a whip holder embodying my in vention, and showing a whip held therein. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewA taken through the casing and showing the device yin whip releasing position when operated by a key. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the wedge for actuating the pivoted clamping jaw. VReferring now tc the accompanying drawings in detail, the letter A. indicates the usualtubular'whip socket having the ordinary flexible guard B at the top thereof, the butt end of the whip having the usual ferrule D at the end thereof.

My improved whip holder includes an elongated U-shaped frame E, the parallel sides 1 and 2 of which are riveted to the inside of the vertical wall of the socket adjacent the upper end thereof, while the cross bar or bight 3 of the frame may be screwed to the bottom of the socket. This frame is preferably made of metal, and fastened to the side 2 thereof Aas at 4, is a bowed plate spring 5, the lower end of this spring being free or unattached. In the present instance this plate spring is bent transversely so that it is of approximately V-shaped form with the apex 6 constituting a shoulder beneath which the upper end of vthe ferrule D is adapted to engage when the whipl is inserted in the socket, but I wish it to be understood that this spring may be of any suitable character, and if desired the whip contacting face of the spring 5 maybe roughened to more securely engage the whip.

The side 1 of the frame E is provided with and vabove these anges I provide a pair of laterally vand inwardly extending lugs 8, while 9 designates a plate lugs 8. This plate 9 is bent cenorv slot `11 in conjunction f the side 1 for passage of the key K, as

The lugs 8 are prefthe reception and hereinafter described.

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opposite to the point of fastening of the plate spring 5, and I hinge to these lugs a whip-locking jaw F. This jaw comprises a substantially rectangular plate having its longitudinal edgesbent rearwardly and inwardly to form flanges 12, the upper ends of the flanges being extended in parallelism to form ears 13 by means of which and the pintles 11 the jaw is hinged to the lugs 8. The whip confronting face 15 of the jaw is longitudinally depressed or grooved to more readily accommodate the whip, and the lower -free end of the jaw is cut inwardly or concaved as at 16 to snugly fit the butt of the whip at the top of the ferrule.

The wedge employed for operating the whip-clamping jaw is shown in detail in Fig. 4 and is indicated as an entirety by the letter 1V. This wedge comprises a head fro-m which extends a shank 18. The head has a. substantially flat face 19 which rides against the inner face of the side 1 of the frame E and a beveled top face 20 which is slightly concaved as shown at 21 to bear against the back face of the clamping jaw. 'lhe sides of the head are provided with longitudinally extending V-shaped groo-ves 22 which form the lower flanges 23 that lie beneath the inclined flanges 7-7 of the side 1 of the frame E, `and the upper flanges 24 which lie beneath the longitudinal anges 12 of the clamping jaw. A coiled expansion spring 25 is connected at its upper end with the shank of the wedge and has its lower end `anchored as at 26 to the cross bar or bight of the U-shaped frame E. 4

As will be seen by reference to the drawings, the head of the wedge is arranged to slide between the side 1 of the frame and the clamping jaw, being guided by the flanges 7 and 1Q, and the normal tendency of the spring is to push the wedge upward so that the clamping jaw will be forced outward. The key K is intended to be used for the purpose of depressing or forcing the wedge d awnward against the action of the spring, such wedge in it downward movement drawing the clamping jaw outward or away from the whip, because it will be noted the upper fianges 24 of the wedge interlock with the fianges'12 of the clamping jaw.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of employing my invention will be readily apparent. Assuming the whip holding device to be mounted in the socket as hereinbefore described, the driver on inserting the butt end y be pulled of the whip in the socket pushes outward or fiattens the spring 5 so that the ferrule or bead at the butt of the whip may be forced past the shoulder 6 of the spring 5 andthe kas shown in Fig. 1, and when it is desired to release the whip it is necessary to insert the shank of the key K into the key-way or slot 11 and push the wedge vdown against the action of the coil spring, this downward movementofthe wedge drawing the clamping jaw outward or toward the side 1 of the frame E, thus permitting the whip but.' to

from the socket.

It will be noted that I have provided a simple, yet efficient and positive lock which will firmly clamp the whip in the socket and thus prevent the whip being stolen or lost, for it will be noted that the lock can only be released by using the key, which may be carried by the driver.

While I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention,

I wish it to be understood that I do not frame located therein, a leaf spring fastened at one end to one side of the frame, a clamping jaw hinged to the opposite side of the frame, a wedge slidingly engaging the clamping jaw and the side of the frame to which it is hinged, said wedge normally tending to move the clamping jaw into whip engaging position, a spring acting to move the wedge to force into wedge engaging position, and a keyway adapted to permit the insertion of the kev to move the wedge against the action of the spring and cause said wedge to withdraw the clamping jaw from whip engaging position.

In testimony whereof, I afiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ADAM L. L. N EUMAN N Witnesses:

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